The bunker's location next to a residential neighbourhood that has long been plagued by gang violence led to speculation that it was intended to be an underground drug laboratory.
But among other soldiers at the base the policy has caused a range of reactions, including speculation that it was intended to combat the problem of people refusing to re-enlist when their time is up.
The Indian news media have been filled with speculation that the attack was intended by Pakistani military officials to undermine Mr. Sharif's efforts to improve relations with India, despite Pakistan's denial of involvement in the ambush.
The location prompted speculation that the attack was intended as revenge, because the FSB has led the Kremlin's sometimes brutal efforts to crush the insurgency in Chechnya and the rest of the North Caucasus.
The governor, who plans to step down in 2006 and is considering a run for president in 2008, brushed aside speculation that his trip was intended to burnish his foreign policy credentials.
Oman also gets on badly with the Saudis and Emiratis because it has always had friendly relations with Iran, prompting speculation that Netanyahu's trip was intended to send a message to Tehran.
Undoubtedly, a longer stretch of darkness would also have fed the now-growing speculation that the final scene was intended to suggest that Tony was about to experience something his late brother-in-law, Bobby Bacala, had prophesized in the very first episode this season: in a scene at Bobby's lake house, he had speculated about what happens when you die — or get whacked, in "Sopranos" terms.
"But so far there is little evidence that Washington is prepared to deal with it". Aides denied that the Governor's speech was intended to reinvigorate speculation about his national ambitions.
This was intended to avoid land speculation and give the national government, as the lessor, greater control over development.
The system was intended to eliminate grain speculation, to create a standard price and to increase government revenue.
